Malignant catarrhal fever (MCF) is an economically important disease primarily of domestic cattle with a high case fatality rate. It is caused by either alcelaphine herpesvirus type 1 (AlHV-1) or ovine herpesvirus type 2 ...

Ticks modulate their hosts' defense responses by secreting a biopharmacopiea of hundreds to thousands of proteins and bioactive chemicals into the feeding site (tick-host interface). These molecules and their functions ...

The use of RNA interference (RNAi) to assess gene function has been demonstrated in several three-host tick species but adaptation of RNAi to the one-host tick, Boophilus microplus, has not been reported. We evaluated the ...

Members of the Federation of Boxer Clubs in Southern Africa (FBCSA) have participated in official recording for many years. The aim of the study was to estimate genetic parameters and trends for pre-weaning survival and ...

Bovine viral diarrhoea virus (BVDV) has emerged as one of the economically important pathogens in cattle
populations with a worldwide distribution causing a complex of disease syndromes. Two genotypes BVDV
1 and 2 exist ...

This study is about the inter- and intra-specific genetic diversity of trypanosomatids of
the genus Angomonas, and their association with Calliphoridae (blowflies) in Neotropical
and Afrotropical regions. Microscopic ...

This study was part of a larger cross-sectional survey that was evaluating tuberculosis (TB) infection in
humans, livestock and wildlife in the Serengeti ecosystem in Tanzania. The study aimed at evaluating the
genetic ...

The Southern cattle tick, Rhipicephalus microplus is a hematophagous ectoparasite of great veterinary and economic importance. Along with its adaptability, reproductive success and vectoring capacity, R. microplus has been ...

The whitefly Bemisia tabaci cryptic species complex contains some important
agricultural pest and virus vectors. Members of the complex have
become serious pests in South Africa (SA) because of their feeding habit
and ...

The objectives of this study were to estimate genetic parameters for FAMACHA score and related traits at different levels of worm challenge in sheep and to assess the effect of different methods for modelling records from ...

BACKGROUND: Positive multi-locus heterozygosity-fitness correlations have been observed in a number of natural
populations. They have been explained by the correlation between heterozygosity and inbreeding, and the
negative ...

Canine degenerative myelopathy (DM) is a progressive disease process that is diagnosed
late in life and mainly affects the pelvic limbs. Factors that make an ante-mortem definitive
diagnosis of DM include: an insidious ...

Canine distemper virus (CDV) is a highly contagious viral pathogen of worldwide distribution that can cause lethal disease in domestic dogs and other members of the family Canidae. Genetic diversity is found among reference ...

This is a report of whole-genome sequences of a Brucella abortus strain and two Brucella suis strains isolated from bovine in
Zimbabwe. These strains were selected based on their origin and data obtained when using multiplex ...

We report here the full-length sequences of 16 historical isolates of
Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever orthonairovirus (CCHFV) obtained in Turkey, Namibia,
and South Africa. The strains may be useful for future work to ...

The Kenyan East African zebu cattle are valuable and widely used genetic resources. Previous studies using microsatellite loci
revealed the complex history of these populations with the presence of taurine and zebu genetic ...

Quantitative real time PCR (Q-PCR) is the method of choice to study mRNA expression
levels. Since Q-PCR is very sensitive, normalization of the data with stably expressed reference genes if of utmost importance. The ...